题目内容
One day, two brothers happened to wonder what might be the fate of a perfectly honest and wise stranger who should be lost in London without a friend, and with no money but a million-pound bank note. They thought me to be the 1 person, a poor, honest and intelligent stranger. They handed me a (n) 2 that contained a £1,000,000 bank note. I, in 3 , with nothing but the bank note, got into a(n) 4__ house. I took the bank note to pay for the bill and asked for the 5 . The boss who _6_ me at first changed his attitude completely. He 7 me that I could have anything I wanted at any time I chose, and let the account run so long as I was pleased. They all treated me as a(n) 8 guest. Then I got into a tailor’s shop, the 9 thing happened. I managed to buy whatever I wanted, asking for change. I owned the respect and later I 10 a girl, Portia. Everything went well with the £1,000,000 bank note on me. After a month, the brothers 11 . To my 12 , one of them was my Portia’s papa. He took that friendly and hospitable bill back to the Bank of England and 13 it; then the bank canceled it and made me a 14 of it, and he gave it to us at our 15 .
1. A. wrong B. right C. just D. fit
2. A. envelope B. pocket C. bag D. bottle
3. A. trouble B. rags C. danger D. ruins
4. A. resting B. eating C. playing D. swimming
5. A. chance B. change C. advice D. food
6. A. looked upon B. praised C. thought highly of D. looked down upon
7. A. suggested B. considered C. flattered D. forced
8. A. unwelcome B. honoured C. unpopular D. strange
9. A. different B. similar C. same D. strange
10. A. married B. knew C. met D. fell in love with
11. A. left B. died C. returned D. regretted
12. A. amusement B. disappointment C. joy D. surprise
13. A. cashed B. charged C. changed D. understood
14. A. surprise B. present C. honour D. pride
15. A. wedding B. journey C. part D. ceremony
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阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意, 然后从1-15各题所给出的A、B、C、D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once a young man was in deep love with a girl. This man folded 1,000 pieces of paper cranes (纸鹤) as a gift to his girl. Although he was a small branch manager in a company, and his __1__ didn’t seem too bright, they were very __2__ together until one day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and would never come back. She also told him that she couldn’t see any future for both of them, “so let’s go our own __3__ from now on…” The young man was __4__, but he agreed. When he regained his __5__, he worked hard day and night, just to make something out of himself. Finally with all the __6__ work, this man set up his own __7__.
One rainy day, while this man was __8__, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain, walking to somewhere. He __9__ that they were his ex-girlfriend’s (前女友)parents, so he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to find him in his expensive car and to know that he had his own company, car, etc.
To the man’s surprise, the couple were walking towards a cemetery (墓地). He got out of his car and followed them. And there he saw his ex-girlfriend — a photograph of her __10__ as sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone, and those precious paper cranes in a glass bottle! He walked over and asked the couple why this had happened. They explained that __11__ she did not leave for France at all. She fell ill with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he would __12__ some day. She didn’t not want her __13__ to be his barrier(障碍). Therefore, she chose to leave him. She asked her __14__ to put his paper cranes beside her, because if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take some of those back with him.
The man just cried __15__. He was heartbroken once again.
| 1. A. appearance | B. future | C. salary | D. apartment |
| 2. A. happy | B. pleasant | C. worried | D. sensitive |
| 3. A. futures | B. goals | C. ways | D. courses |
| 4. A. excited | B. mad | C. heartbroken | D. puzzling |
| 5. A. position | B. confidence | C. independence | D. freedom |
| 6. A. main | B. beautiful | C. hard | D. heavy |
| 7. A. office | B. family | C. studio | D. company |
| 8. A. running | B. driving | C. walking | D. wandering |
| 9. A. recognized | B. noticed | C. understood | D. memorized |
| 10. A. glaring | B. talking | C. smiling | D. crying |
| 11. A. fortunately | B. recently | C. difficultly | D. actually |
| 12. A. come | B. make | C. suffer | D. succeed |
| 13. A. illness | B. heart | C. cranes | D. sadness |
| 14. A. husband | B. parents | C. friends | D. son |
| 15. A. heatedly | B. hardly | C. sadly | D. excitedly |
完形填空(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~50各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项。
Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant (移植) her life was in constant(不断的) 36 .
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very small: finding a donor heart that 37 Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept 38 hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble 39 from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a 40 of the hospital, crying.
“Are you okay?” A man asked.
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her story. This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t 41 it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to 42 something from herself. Could her 43 go to Carmen’s mother?
After reviewing the data, doctors 44 Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to 45 the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was 46 dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was 47 for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen 48 Cheryl’s funeral (葬礼) with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day,Maria 49 with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was 50 in another loving mother’s chest.
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Ricky didn’t help much around the house, so his parents bought him a butler (管家) robot. As soon as it arrived, off it went, cooking, cleaning, and 36 dirty clothes from Ricky’s bedroom 37 . On that first day, when Ricky went to sleep, he had left his bedroom in a 38 . When he woke up the next morning, 39 was perfectly clean and tidy.
But now Ricky couldn’t 40 his favorite T-shirt, nor his favorite toy. However much he searched, the two items didn’t 41 , and the same was starting to happen with other things. 42 the butler robot, Ricky thought of a plan to 43 on it, and finally caught it red-handed (正在作案的), picking up one of his toys to “ 44 ” it.
He told his parents that the butler was 45 and asked them to have it 46 . But his parents didn’t believe him at all for they were 47 with the butler for its good service. Ricky kept on telling them how much good stuff the butler was hiding, until one day the butler heard the boy’s 48. Then it returned some of the boy’s toys and clothes to him.
“Here, sir. I did not know it was 49 you,” said the butler.
“How could it not, you thief?! You’ve been stealing my stuff for weeks!” the boy answered 50. “The objects were left on the floor; 51 I thought that you did not like them. I am programmed to collect all that is not 52 , and at night I send them to those who can use them. I’m a highly efficient machine,” the bulter said.
Ricky started feeling 53 . Since then, Ricky decided to put real 54 into how he treated his things. He also often bought things and took them to help out those who are 55 -- along with his good friend, the butler of course.
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